Egg-beater.



N9. 771,088. PATBNTED SEPT. 2'7, 1904. W. V. PALEY a T. H. BUSSEY.

EGG BEATER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3o, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

Zeg /zzga A TTOHNE UNITED STATES Patented September 27, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM VALENTINE PALEY AND THOMAS HENRY BUSSEY, OFJOHARTERS TOVERS,QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, ASSIGNORS TO THE PALEY-BUSSEY NOVELTY CHAIN EGGBEATER AND CAKE MIXER CO., LTD., OF OHARTERS TOWERS, QUEENSLAND,AUSTRALIA.

EGG-BEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,088, datedSeptember 27, 1904.

Application filed January 30, 1904. Serial No. 191,255. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern:

1o a culinary device for beating eggs, for beating and mixing compoundsfor sponge and other cakes, and for beating milk or i'or any kind ofsubstance.

The primary object of this invention is to I5 produce a simple,convenient, and cheap article for rapidly and easily beating foodsubstances.

Another object is to materially increase the effective area of thebeating-surface and at 2o the same time produce a compact article.

A further object is to provide the article with means against which eggshells may easily be broken and which serves as a stay or brace to thestrands forming the shank of the article.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear inthe courseof the subjoined description, and the actual scope thereof will bedefined by the annexed claims.

3o Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the iigures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an egg- 3 5 beater constructed inaccordance with our invention; and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional ele-Vation through our egg-beater, omitting the handle and a part of theshank.

In carrying our invention into practice we provide a support fora noveltype ofbeatingsurface, the latter consisting of two members adapted toquickly and easily break up the yolks and the albumen of eggs when theimplement is properly manipulated by hand.

The support for the beating-surface is represented bythe drawings asmade of two wires,

each of which is bent from a single length to provide arms 5 and 6 andthe curved connecting portion 7. Each wire is so bent that the arms 5 6lie at an angle to the curved portion 50 7, and the wires are assembledfor said curved portions 7 to lie in the same transverse plane, whilethe arms 5 6 converge toward the handle 8. The arms are embedded orsecured firmly in the handle, and they constitute the shank between thebeating-surface and said handle. The arms or shank are united and stayedby a flat plate 9, having suitable openings for the passage oi' the armstherethrough. This plate is arranged to span the spaces between the armsof the shank, and it presents a sharp edge against which the egg-shellsmay be broken easily and conveniently when it is desired to place theyolks and albumen in a vessel for beating them with the article of ourinvention.

The important feature of our invention is a loose beating member whichis operatively connected with the support, so as to lie within thelatter and to be capable of a free limited play or movement with respectto the curved bars 7 oi' said support. This beating member is shown bythe drawings in the form of a plurality or' short chains l0, the linksoi' which are loosely interlocked one with the other and are adapted tobe connected with the annular support formed by the curved bars 7. Theshort lengths of chain 10 are united at the middle of thebeating-surface by a ring, loop, or link 11, which is common to all or'the 30 chain lengths l0, and this central connectingloop llis supportedor carried by the inner links of the chains l0, so as vto be free tovibrate or play with the chains in the operation oi' beating the eggs orother food substance. 35

In the embodiment of the invention shown by the drawings we provide thebeating-surface with an annular beating member 12, which is formed by acontinuous spirally-coiled wire that is fitted loosely on the curvedbars 7 of 90 the support. This beating member 12materially increases theeffective area of the beating-surface, and said member l2 extendscontinuously around the annular support al'lorded by the bars 7. It willbeobserved that the wires, each of which is bent to produce the arms 5 6and the bars 7, are separated somewhat, so as to provide interveningspaces, and the coiled beating member l2 extends continuously along' thecurved bars 7 and spans the spaces between the wires forming the shank.This coiled beating' member is operatively related to the inner beatingmember, which is formed by the plurality of radial lengths of chain l0,and, as shown, we prefer to loosely attach the outer links of the chains10 to the convolutions of the coiled member 12 on the inner sidethereof.

In the operation of beating egg's the implement is whipped back andforth in any desirable way within the receptacle containing the foodsubstance to be beaten, and by rapidly operating the implement themembers l() l2 cut through the yolk and whites of the eggs, so as toproduce a foamy substance. The links of the chains lO clash togetherduring the manipulation of the article, and the coiled member l2 has acertain amount of play with respect to the curved bars 7 of the support,whereby the two beating members lO l2 operate to rapidly and efficientlyplace the substance in the desired condition.

7e do not limit ourselves to any particular shape or material of thehandle 8, nor to the employment of any desired number of chains lO, norto the particular form of the links of the chain. Furthermore, we do notwish to be understood as limiting ourselves strictly to the employmentof the coiled annular beating member 12, because in some cases we mayomit this coiled member l2 and connect the chains of the beating memberlO directly to the substantially annular support afforded by the shankof the implement.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. A device of the class described, comprising asupport constructed of two pieces of wire each bent to form convergingmembers and an outwardly-curved member connecting the widely-separatedextremities thereof, and a plurality of chains extending between saidcurved members.

2. A device of the classdescribed, comprising a support constructed oftwo pieces of wire each bent to form converging members and anoutwardly-curve :l member connecting the widely-separated extremitiesthereof, and a plurality of chains extending between said curvedmembers, and connected by a common coupling.

3. A device ofthe character described, comprising a support constructedof two pieces of wire each bent to form converging members, with thewidely-separated ends thereof united by yan outwardly-curved member, acoiled beating member extending about said curved members, andloosely-connected chains attached to said coiled member.

4L. An article of the class described, comprising' a suitable support,an annular coiled beating member fitted thereon, and a beating memberhaving short lengths of chain connected loosely to the coiled beatingmember.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a support constructedof two pieces of wire each bent to form converging members with thewidely-separated ends thereof united by an outwardly curved member, acoiled beating' member extending about said curved members, andloosely-connected chains attached to said coiled member, said wireshaving a handle fitted thereto, and being provided with a stay-plate.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM VALENTINE PALEY. THOMAS HENRY BUSSEY.

